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G. N. HOWE.

DETAUHABLE FIRE PAN FOR STOVES. No. 388,976. Patented Sept. 4, 1888.

'INVENTOR WITNESSES: O Z W' mM ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES GERTRUDE NOTT HOWVE, OF NEW YORK, N.

DETACHABLE FIRE-PAN FOR STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,976, datedSeptember 4, 1888.

Application filed July 16, 1887. Serial No. 244,512. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GERTRUDE NOTT HOWE, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a certain new and useful ImprovcnicntinDetachable Fire-Pans for Stoves, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improvement-in detachable fire pans whichare adapted to be set in the top openings of stoves, ranges, and thelike, for building a fire only beneath the vessel to be heated, and thusavoiding the necessity of heating the whole stove or range to therequired temperature.

The object of my improvement is to provide a detachable firepan ofthisch aructcr, whereby greater simplicity and economy of construction andconvenience in use are obtained than is ordinarily possible.

I will first describe in detail a detachable firepan for storesembodying my improve ment, and then point out the various features ofthe improvement in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference designatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side, partly sectional, elevation of a detachable fire'panembodying my improvement set in the top opening of a stove, thestove-top being in section. Fig. 2 is asectional plan of the saidtire-pan on the line a: 0:, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa sectional plan View,similar to Fig. 2, of amodiiied form of firepan embodying myimprovement.

The body A of the detachable fire-pan may be cylindrical, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, to fit within a single circular opening, B, in the stoveor range top 0, or it may be oblong, as shown in Fig. 3, for receptionwithin the opening left by the removal of the lids D covering, andcross-piece E separating, adjacent top openings B, as indicated indotted lines therein.

The outwardlyprojecting flange F, surrounding the top of the body A, ineach form thereof, I make by bending over the sheet metal of which saidbody is composed, so that when the flange is seat-ed within thecountersunk top opening B, to uphold the body of the fire-pan, it will,owing to its thinness, permit the proper lid for the opening or anycooking utensils of any size to be seated therein without necessitatingthe removal of the fire-. pan. The body A has the usual lateral openingsH and perforated bottom G,to admit of an ample circulation of air to andabout the fire therein and for the ready admission of wood or fuel ofgreater length than the pan.

For lightness and economy I form the bottom G of the fire-pan also ofsheet metahunited to the sheet-metal side wall by an ordinary lap andfold or other unsolderedjoinuand having the perforations cut or stampedthcrein,as indicated in Fig. 1.

hen the body A of the fire-penis of insuffioient depth to maintain thevessel to be heated properly above the tire therein, or a greater draftis desired, an elevated stand, I, is employed consisting of acylindrical rim,J, having a flange, K, projecting outward from its loweredge and adapted to rest upon the I stove or range top A around theopening B therein. Lateral apertures L are formed in the rim J near theflange K,t-o permit the passage of air into the fire-pan below thevessel being heated.

Two stands, I, may be used with the firepan having the oblong body, thecross-piece E being placed in its usual seat and bearing upon thebody-supporting flange F, as before stated, and the stands resting uponsaid crosspiece and the stove or range top.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A detachable firepot for stoves, comprising the bodyportion A, having opposite fuel-rcceiving openings H, a flange, F, tolit the countersunk stove or range top opening, and a bottom havingopenings, whereby fuel of greater length than the width of the fire-potmay be used, substantially as set forth.

GERTRUDE NOTT HOWE.

\Vitnesses:

EDGAR TATE, CLARENCE L. BURGER.

